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From the list of console add-ons over the past gaming decade, do you know how many have actually benefitted significantly enough to over-take the companies prime competitor? In fact, scrap that...
From the list of console add-ons over the past gaming decade, do you know how many have actually NOT flopped?!
NONE... they're all crap. The Mega-CD, the 32X, 64DD, etc... they've all been crap. Okay, so admittedly Sony haven't had a shot yet, but is it worth it? I believe history can only repeat itself again, and with the HDD bringing little more than the oppotunity for patches (wrong road to go down!) Sony must have a secret advantage brought about from the HDD that we know no of!
People want a console... just one box, however big, fat, small of thin... having add-ons, like the HDD, can only take up more room where it isn't needed! And plus.. with more and more games becoming multi-playform, you think developers will spend EXTRA money on making the game HDD-compatible when then can do a straight port when only the PS2 is utilized?
The HDD, as 'useful' as it may be dubbed, will merely add quicker to the inevitable demise of the soon to be defunct PlayStation 2.
The Gamecubes 'Upgrades' fit INTO the bottom of the Gamecube... nothing sticking out the side... Playstation owners will no longer be in the position to call the X-Box big...! Gamecube owners however!
As bias as you may be (Bonus :D), you have to see the large down-side of the HDD; add-ons have a terrible past record. I fear the HDD will experience the same fate as the 'others'!
Thoughts?
From the list of console add-ons over the past gaming decade, do you know how many have actually NOT flopped?!
NONE... they're all crap. The Mega-CD, the 32X, 64DD, etc... they've all been crap. Okay, so admittedly Sony haven't had a shot yet, but is it worth it? I believe history can only repeat itself again, and with the HDD bringing little more than the oppotunity for patches (wrong road to go down!) Sony must have a secret advantage brought about from the HDD that we know no of!
People want a console... just one box, however big, fat, small of thin... having add-ons, like the HDD, can only take up more room where it isn't needed! And plus.. with more and more games becoming multi-playform, you think developers will spend EXTRA money on making the game HDD-compatible when then can do a straight port when only the PS2 is utilized?
The HDD, as 'useful' as it may be dubbed, will merely add quicker to the inevitable demise of the soon to be defunct PlayStation 2.
The Gamecubes 'Upgrades' fit INTO the bottom of the Gamecube... nothing sticking out the side... Playstation owners will no longer be in the position to call the X-Box big...! Gamecube owners however!
As bias as you may be (Bonus :D), you have to see the large down-side of the HDD; add-ons have a terrible past record. I fear the HDD will experience the same fate as the 'others'!
Thoughts?
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If its such a bad idea dont buy one...
The HDD is a good idea. Sony are setting up their own network for PS2 owners to allow on-line gaming and also extras like downloading music, demos and a few more extras. As for patches that may happen but only to add extras and solve little problems. Remember not everyone will buy the HDD so the game has to be good to get released in the first place.
Free Hard Drive to allow internet access will fail?? If you don't want on the internet, you don't get a Hard Drive, simple sense to me.
Bonus wrote:
From a technical point, you ain't
> getting on the net without a Hard Drive so emm, well.
Not true. The DC didn't have a hard drive and you could go online with that.
From a technical point, you ain't
> getting on the net without a Hard Drive so emm, well.
Not true. The DC didn't have a hard drive and you could go online with that.
Ack, so what....
My add-on theory still stands... they don't work... never have, never will... Sony will realise this... in out shake it all about... what ever you do with it, it will suck!
PS2 is going Down!
My add-on theory still stands... they don't work... never have, never will... Sony will realise this... in out shake it all about... what ever you do with it, it will suck!
PS2 is going Down!
Emm, the Hard Drive fits inside the PS2 you plum. There is an expansion bay in the console for the HDD to slot into, only the first Japanese models require an external Hard Drive.
OH!!!!
They LOAN you a hard drive... and if you break it? Sony are idiots...
They'll try to fight the inevitable and lose... in the first round!
The HDD will be half the size of the PS2 making it 50% bigger! It's a shambles... they clearly haven't thought ahead!
They LOAN you a hard drive... and if you break it? Sony are idiots...
They'll try to fight the inevitable and lose... in the first round!
The HDD will be half the size of the PS2 making it 50% bigger! It's a shambles... they clearly haven't thought ahead!
At least Sony are planning to follow it through, eh, rather unlike Nintenddo's DD64. I know you have had these bad experiences, but don't take it out on Sony.
From a technical point, you ain't getting on the net without a Hard Drive so emm, well.
Better news for you yet game, users in the UK wont have to buy a HDD, it will be part of your subscription to the online service, so if you want on the net, they loan you a hard drive, can't be that bad, surely.
From a technical point, you ain't getting on the net without a Hard Drive so emm, well.
Better news for you yet game, users in the UK wont have to buy a HDD, it will be part of your subscription to the online service, so if you want on the net, they loan you a hard drive, can't be that bad, surely.
From the list of console add-ons over the past gaming decade, do you know how many have actually benefitted significantly enough to over-take the companies prime competitor? In fact, scrap that...
From the list of console add-ons over the past gaming decade, do you know how many have actually NOT flopped?!
NONE... they're all crap. The Mega-CD, the 32X, 64DD, etc... they've all been crap. Okay, so admittedly Sony haven't had a shot yet, but is it worth it? I believe history can only repeat itself again, and with the HDD bringing little more than the oppotunity for patches (wrong road to go down!) Sony must have a secret advantage brought about from the HDD that we know no of!
People want a console... just one box, however big, fat, small of thin... having add-ons, like the HDD, can only take up more room where it isn't needed! And plus.. with more and more games becoming multi-playform, you think developers will spend EXTRA money on making the game HDD-compatible when then can do a straight port when only the PS2 is utilized?
The HDD, as 'useful' as it may be dubbed, will merely add quicker to the inevitable demise of the soon to be defunct PlayStation 2.
The Gamecubes 'Upgrades' fit INTO the bottom of the Gamecube... nothing sticking out the side... Playstation owners will no longer be in the position to call the X-Box big...! Gamecube owners however!
As bias as you may be (Bonus :D), you have to see the large down-side of the HDD; add-ons have a terrible past record. I fear the HDD will experience the same fate as the 'others'!
Thoughts?
From the list of console add-ons over the past gaming decade, do you know how many have actually NOT flopped?!
NONE... they're all crap. The Mega-CD, the 32X, 64DD, etc... they've all been crap. Okay, so admittedly Sony haven't had a shot yet, but is it worth it? I believe history can only repeat itself again, and with the HDD bringing little more than the oppotunity for patches (wrong road to go down!) Sony must have a secret advantage brought about from the HDD that we know no of!
People want a console... just one box, however big, fat, small of thin... having add-ons, like the HDD, can only take up more room where it isn't needed! And plus.. with more and more games becoming multi-playform, you think developers will spend EXTRA money on making the game HDD-compatible when then can do a straight port when only the PS2 is utilized?
The HDD, as 'useful' as it may be dubbed, will merely add quicker to the inevitable demise of the soon to be defunct PlayStation 2.
The Gamecubes 'Upgrades' fit INTO the bottom of the Gamecube... nothing sticking out the side... Playstation owners will no longer be in the position to call the X-Box big...! Gamecube owners however!
As bias as you may be (Bonus :D), you have to see the large down-side of the HDD; add-ons have a terrible past record. I fear the HDD will experience the same fate as the 'others'!
Thoughts?
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